title: Unusually high uptake of fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose on PET scanning of a benign paravertebral mass.
abstract: Positron emisson tomography (PET) is a noninvasive and highly accurate method for identifying malignant tumors. In our practice we have chosen a Standard Uptake Value (SUV) of 3.5 to distinguish between benign and malignant lesions. We describe a patient with a paravertebral mass which on PET scanning showed a SUV of 7, thereby clearly being identified as a malignant tumor. Subsequent open biopsy of the lesion, however, revealed benign connective tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Guys Hospital Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doss
mesh_terms: D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18